The Java Tutorials have been written for JDK 8. Examples and practices described in this page don't take advantage of improvements introduced in later releases.

Lesson: Working with Text APIs

This lesson introduces you to the concept of working with text API’s to apply text rendering capabilities. Already in this trail, you have used basic Java 2D text APIs and know how to set a font and position, and how to draw text.

This lesson expands on that material to help you develop an understanding of how to use those APIs and moves further into the capabilities of Java 2D text display.